Stream: Francisco the Man, ‘Big Ideas’

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No sooner had we reported Francisco the Man’s big “Progress” – there was finally a full-length album imminent – than the L.A. indie-rock quartet made even bigger progress. The band has been picked up by the Fat Possum label, and FTM’s album “Loose Ends,” originally scheduled to come out later this month, will come out Oct. 27. With that news, the quartet of Scotty Cantino, Nestor Romero, Abdeel Ortega and Brock Woolsey unveiled the second single from the album, the roaring “Big Ideas,” a song that, if any single tune on the album does, speaks to the quartet’s aspirations. “Do I wanna be with you / or alone with my big ideas?” Cantino asks, a question that could apply to relationships or artistic pursuits. For a band that’s been plugging away for years without an album to show for it, it could be the latter. And Francisco the Man sounds great going their own way.

||| Stream: “Big Ideas”

||| Live: Francisco the Man celebrates their album release with a show Oct. 25 at the Bootleg HiFi.

||| Previously: “Progress,” “In the Corners,” “Tiger,” “Broken Arrows”

Photo from the 2013 Jubilee Music Festival by Carl Pocket